Indian Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday shared a video of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad ‘Bullet train’ corridor which will cut the travel time on the 316 miles (508 km) route between the two cities to a mere two hours.
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Pune-born American Ajay Banga becomes 14th President of World Bank
jay Banga, the Pune-born American and former Mastercard CEO, was on Wednesday selected as the President of the World Bank by its executive directors for a five-year term starting June 2.
Justice Markandey Katju: Enjoy the drug that is the Ahmedabad Test match
Justice Markandey Katju says: The Ahmedabad cricket test match between India and Australia is currently being played, and TV and the media is full of it. The Indian and Australian Prime Ministers attended it.
B.V. Doshi leaves behind irreplaceable void in architecture industry
Balakrishna Vithaldas Doshi, who was the first Indian to bag the Pritzker Prize, considered architecture’s highest honor, has passed away leaving behind an irreplaceable void in the architecture industry.
EducationUSA hosts annual alumni fair for Indian students exploring diversity of US higher education opportunities
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): The US Embassy and the United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF) on Saturday hosted the 2023 EducationUSA Alumni Fair here for students from India to explore the diversity of America’s higher education opportunities.
PM Narendra Modi performs last rites of his mother Hiraben in Gandhinagar
The last rites of Heeraben Modi, mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were performed at a crematorium in Gandhinagar on Friday morning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben dies at the age of 100
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben passed away at the age of 100 early on Friday morning. She was admitted to Ahmedabad’s UN Mehta Hospital after her health deteriorated.
Ela Bhatt: One of India’s most consequential campaigners for women empowerment
Mayank Chhaya- In the passing of Ela Bhatt at age 89, India and the world have lost one of the most consequential campaigners for women empowerment in the last half a century. Her death on November 2 in the 50th anniversary year of the founding her globally celebrated Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a glorious reminder […]
Sardar Patel: The man who forged the Indian union
There was once a time, not too long ago in historical terms, that there may not have been India as it exists today but a fractious collection of nearly 600 princely states. If a nation-state called India emerged in 1947 from the staggering ruins of close to 200 years of colonial plunder, to a significant extent the credit settles on one man – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.